(Warning: Contains strong language)

Blaze's POV

Crackling. Burning. Bubbling. I breathed in the sulphuric smoke. It burnt my throat. I smiled. Home. I walked across the nether rock, my footsteps echoing. I called out the names of my family. Why didn't they answer? Where was everyone?
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I duck down, gripping my bloody axe tightly. The blazes' heat is burning my skin; I grit my teeth, ignoring it as best I could. "Ready...on my command." They ready themselves. The target comes into sight, confused and alone. I bare my teeth. Time to get my revenge; taking down the Brine's friends, one, by, one. "Now."
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I gulped. "H-hello?" "Welcome back honey." "M-mom?!" I whipped round as a red hot blaze rod slapped me across the face, blinding me. I shrieked in pain, stumbling backwards, nether warts tripping me up. I hit the ground, my vision blood red. "What's happening?! Stop this!" Someone grabbed me from behind and I heard Deadlox's sinister laugh. "Thought you were going to get a warm welcome hmm? Well sweety, let us give you the perfect family reunion!" He threw me forward into the arms of another blaze. I looked up through a haze of pain, eyes watering. My brother stared down at me, face expressionless, dead behind his beady black eyes. "Malcolm! Please! I'm your sister!" He shakes his gold head, fresh flames and smoke spewing from his mouth as he opens it to speak. "No sis. You are the enemy now. You and the rest of Herobrine's posse."

He threw me to the ground. I stared up at him in abject horror and shock. "No, please-" I pleaded with him in a hoarse whisper. I see a flash of bloody green and Deadlox's face is inches from mine, teeth bared in a psychotic grin. "Oh pleeease is it?" He laughed bitterly, smacking me across my already throbbing face. I cried out in pain, tears running thick and fast from my stinging eyes. He grabbed my wrists as I went to retaliate. "No one ever helped me when I asked polietly. I quickly learnt that in order to survive in a war, you pick the winning side." He smirked. "And I'm afraid yours wasn't it." I heard my dad's voice behind me and the sound of someone drawing a blaze rod. A hiss as it was plunged into lava. I shook, sobbing. "P-please." He shook his head. I narrowed my eyes, anger replacing my hurt. "IS THERE ANY PART OF YOU THAT IS EVEN HUMAN ANYMORE?! DO YOU POSSES EVEN AN INCH OF REGARD FOR HUMAN FRAILTY OR MORTALITY?!"

He snarled and my heart leapt in fear as I find myself faced with a barely human individual, a man more beast than that. "You doubt my humanity?! Have you even considered the company you keep?! A soulless girlfriend stealer, two homosexual men in love with one another, one of which has less sanity than me and certainly doesn't make up for it in looks! A battle worn traitor and a..." Deadlox's face went slack as he thought about Emily. Then it twisted in fury. "A TWO TIMING SLUT!" My jaw dropped and rage smashed into my mind. Flames exploded all over me and I threw Deadlox off me, snarling. "EMILY IS A BEAUTIFUL GIRL WHO DEFINITELY DESERVES BETTER THAN YOU! HERO IS A MISUNDERSTOOD MAN WHO IS FAR MORE CAPABLE OF LOVE AND COMPASSION THAN ANYONE ELSE I KNOW IS! DERP AND SSUNDEE'S LOVE IS ONE THAT ANYONE WOULD WISH TO HAVE, THE SORT OF UNDERSTANDING AND INTIMACY THAT PEOPLE ONLY EXPERIENCE ONCE IN A LIFETIME! AND THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH DERP; MAYBE HIS APPEARANCE SEEMS STARTLING AT FIRST, BUT HE PROTECTS SSUNDEE WITH A FIERCENESS LIKE NOTHING ELSE!"

Deadlox was staring up at me in terror as I physically shook in fury, flames covering every visible part of me, my eyes filled with them. "AND AS FOR SKY-" I held my splayed palm towards him, preparing to blast his face into oblivion. "I LOVE HIM." His eyes were wide. "AND I BET HE REGRETS EVER HAVING BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH SOMEONE LIKE YOU. HOW HE WAS EVER FRIENDS WITH A COLD BLOODED BASTARD; A TRAITOR TO EVERYONE HE EVER KNEW-" His face twisted in anger as I lowered my voice to a sinister whisper. "Is certainly beyond me Deadlox." Flames exploded from my hand. I heard Deadlox screaming as I shut my eyes tight, emptying my body of all the anger and hate I'd had bottled up inside for years straight at him. Then someone seized me from behind and white hot pain exploded behind my eyes. My throat went dry from screaming as my knees buckled. My flames shut off. Blackness.
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SSundee's POV

I woke up in Derp's arms. The sun was fighting to get through the closed curtains as I looked up at my sleeping lover's face, smiling a little as his gentle breath stirred my fringe. I sat up and hugged my knees close to my chest, listening to the birds singing outside the cave. The covers stirred and I felt Derp kiss my neck softly. "Morning SSundee." I smiled at him. "You know you can still call me Ian if you want to. Just, not around the others. I wanna keep this just between us two." He smiled back, his cute derpy eyes full of trust and honesty. "Ok. As you wish." He hugged me, resting his head on my shoulder. "You know that we're all leaving today. Soon it'll be just us again." I nodded. "Just like old times huh?" He nodded too, sighing. "Yeah. I meant to ask you, why did you tell me to pick South with you?" I looked at him, lowering my voice. "Signia. We have to warn our home village. And..." I bit my lip uneasily. "I-I just wanted, to go back to SkyBase. To see it again and remind myself of what we went through together before." He nodded again, kissing my cheek. "Ok Ian." I smiled, closing my eyes and leaning into him. "Love you Derp." His arms slipped round me, tightening as he kissed the top of my head, nuzzling into my hair. "Love you too."